afflatus

6/23/2009
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(n): a sudden rush of creative impulse or inspiration
(n): a divine impartation of knowledge; supernatural impulse
(n): a breath or blast of wind

I can no longer bear to be in the presence of your fetid afflatus.

EDITOR'S NOTE: If someone is being dumb, you can tell them that their afflatus is showing. Double whammy for you.

9 Sentences Using "afflatus"

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While sitting on the toilet, I had a moment of afflatus which prompted me to start writing this screenplay.

mrwimby(69)

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In an odd tragedy of redundancy, my own afflatus interrupted my afflatus.

thunderbird(4)

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Had some issues with my cookies (No I don't mean Chocolate Chip), but got on.

I had a moment of afflatus when I finally was able to logon and enter my sentence

joshbailey(4)

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After helping someone figure out their Facebook privacy settings.

How did you figure it out? A spark of afflatus?

epeolatrist(917)

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Paper writing naturally leads to ponderings of dancing and drinking... right?

I'll be your online afflatus if you'll be my date next Monday!

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Yes, I am naturally blessed with afflatus on a regular basis.

emily(525)

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What I need is a burst of afflatus and energy to keep my eyes from rolling back in my head in utter exhaustion and therefore falling onto my keyboard and interrupting my boss's phone call.

snobuny(133)

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Contrary to popular historical belief, it was the afflatus of the Greek god Apollo, not the afflatus Roman god Apollo, who prompted the Battles of Ingersodd in 732 BC.

cynicalliberal(6)

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I'm definitely lacking afflatus at the moment.

SGSchaffer(6)

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5 Necro-Sentences Using "afflatus"

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I wasn't sure how I was going to create the item needed for the show, but then I was struck by an afflatus that showed me exactly what I needed to do.

props4theatre(303)